Chepo F.C.

Chepo
Full name Chepo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Los Naranjas
Los Tigrillos
Founded 1999
Ground Estadio Óscar Sumán Carrillo
Panama City, Panama
Ground Capacity 3,000
Chairman England Peter Johnson
Manager Jorge Santos
League Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2015 (C) 7th

Chepo F.C. is a Panamanian football team playing at the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is based in Chepo.

Chepo is known for its youth system[1] of whom have emerged many future promises of Panamanian football, among those are: Armando Gun, Gabriel Torres, Celso Polo, Eduardo Jiménez, José Calderón, Tomas Dun, Eduardo Ponce and Román Torres, all of whom have represented Panama in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2003 and 2005. The preliminary round of the U-17 World Cup, 50% of the player in the roster played in Chepo[2]

History

Proyecto 2000

Chepo FC was founded in 1999 under the name of Proyecto 2000,[1] where it gathered young players from around the country aspiring to win a ticket to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol one day. They started playing in the Liga Distritorial de Fútbol de Panamá (Lidifutpa).[3]

In 2000 the team was renamed Chepo FC due to expansion and participated in 2003 in Primera A.

In 2006 the team gained promotion from Primera A to the Liga Panameña de Fútbol after beating Pan de Azúcar 2–1.[4] They have not been very successful at the highest level and only reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Apertura season.[5]

Honours

2006
2003

Year-by-year results

Liga Panameña de Fútbol

Season Position League Record Play-offs Top Scorer Notes
P W T L F A +/- Pts Player G
2007 (A) 5/10 18 8 4 6 27 27 0 28 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2007 (C) 7/10 18 6 5 7 23 21 +2 23 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 9 Gabriel Torres was top-scorer of the season
2008 (A) 3/10 15 6 5 4 21 14 +7 23 Semi-finals Carlos Martinez 5
2008 (C) 4/10 20 9 5 6 36 26 +10 32 Semi-finals Luis Jaramillo 14
2009 (A) I 5/10 18 10 2 6 37 24 +13 32 Could not qualify Luis Jaramillo 11 Did not qualify because of goal differential
2009 (A) II 8/10 18 3 8 7 16 25 −9 17 Could not qualify Gabriel Torres 5

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Panama GK Eliecer Powell
Panama GK César Samudio
Panama GK Carlos Valdés
Panama DF Yordy Meléndez
Panama DF Ricardo Romero
Panama DF Luis Alberto Mendoza
Panama DF Alberto Vargas
Colombia DF Esteven Muñoz
Panama MF Ismael Menal
Colombia MF Anderson Lobón
Colombia MF David Pérez
Panama MF Daniel Cortina
No. Position Player
Panama MF John Paulo González
Colombia MF Carlos Ferreyra
Panama MF Julio Rosales
Panama MF Julio Castillo
Panama MF Pedro Jacinto Medina
Panama MF Julian Fernández O.
Panama FW Romario Piggott
Panama FW Yuriel Prestán
Panama FW José Luis González
Colombia FW Nelson Ortiz
Panama FW Bernardo Palma II

Retired numbers

77 Panama Jonathan Rodríguez, midfielder, 2006–09 (posthumous honour)[6]

Historical list of coaches

  • Panama Felipe Fuentes (2005–09)
  • Panama Víctor René Mendieta (2009–10)
  • Panama Cesar Morales and Frank Lozada (April 2010–June 10)
  • United States Mike Stump (June 2010–June 11)

  • Panama Felipe Fuentes (2011)
  • United States Mike Stump (Jan 2012–April 13)
  • Panama Felipe Fuentes (July 2013–)
  • Panama Jorge Santos (June 2014–)[7]

References

External links


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